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Filemon Vela, Jr.'s Public Statements on Issue: Minors and Children

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06/02/2021 Congressman Vela Announces $2.9M Awarded to NINOS, Inc.
08/14/2020 Letter to the Hon. Shannon Christian, Dir. of the Office of Child Cares for the Admin. for Children and Families, and Dr. Robert Redfield, Dir. of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Hirono, Coons, Murray, Colleagues Call on HHS, CDC to Provide Comprehensive Guidance for Child Care Providers Dealing with COVID-19
08/07/2020 Letter to The Hon. Sonny Perdue Secretary U.S. Department of Agriculture - Congressman Cleaver Calls on Usda to Provide More Flexibility, Support to Student Nutrition Programs
07/24/2020 Letter to the Hon. Chad Wolf, Acting Secretary of the US Department of Homeland Security - Congressman Gonzalez Statement on Situation at Hampton Inn with Migrant Children
06/23/2020 Letter to Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority Leader - Mucarsel-Powell, Over 100 House Democrats And CHC Members Call On Senator McConnell To Stop Blocking The American Dream And Promise Act
06/22/2020 Letter to Donald Trump, President of the U.S. - Over 100 House Democrats and CHC Members Call on President Trump to Endorse American Dream and Promise Act, Permanently Protect Dreamers
06/18/2020 Press Release: Congressman Filemon Vela's Statement on Supreme Court's Decision to Protect Dreamers
06/19/2018 Letter to the Hon. Michael McCaul, Chairman of the Committee on Homelan Security - Homeland Dems to McCaul: Join Us in Calling for Trump to End Child Separation Policy
06/07/2018 Letter to the Hon. John Carter, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Homeland Security and the Hon. Lucille Roybal-Allard, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Homeland Security - Jayapal, Thompson, and Lofgren Lead 108 Lawmakers Urging Appropriators to Stop DHS from Separating Families
06/05/2018 Congressman Gonzalez and Vela to Sign Immigration Discharge Petition
12/07/2017 Letter to the Hon. Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority Leader, the Hon. Charles Schumer, Senate Minority Leader, the Hon. Paul Ryan, Speaker of the House, the Hon. Nancy Pelosi, House Minority Leader - Extend CHIP Funding
10/27/2017 Letter to the Hon. Paul Ryan, Speaker of the House - Reauthorize CHIP Funding
08/01/2017 Letter to President Donald J. Trump - Defense of DACA Program
07/14/2017 Letter to the Hon. Tom Price, Secretary of Health and Human Services - Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program Funding
03/09/2017 Letter to the Hon. John Kelly - Regarding Deportations and Immigration Policy
12/07/2016 Letter to President Barack Obama - Presidential Pardons for DACA Recipients.
05/16/2016 Letter to Chairman John Kline and Ranking Member Robert C. "Bobby" Scott, US House Committee on Education and the Workforce - House Child Nutrition Bill
06/24/2015 Letter to Secretary Jeh Johnson, Department of Homeland Security - Family Detention Facilities
06/10/2015 Letter to Lamar Alexander and Patty Murray, Chairman and Ranking Member, respectively, of the Senate HELP Committee - Every Child Achieves Act
04/08/2015 Vela Announces $20 Million Grant for Neighbors in Need of Services Inc. (NINOS)
12/15/2014 Letter to Sylvia Burwell, Director of Health and Human Services - Protect LGBT Unaccompanied Minors
08/01/2014 Congressman Vela Opposes Legislation which Removes Due Process Rights for Unaccompanied Children, Funds Deployment of National Guard Troops to U.S.-Mexico Border
07/16/2014 Letter to Barack Obama, President of the United States - Adoption Crisis in the DRC
06/28/2014 Transcript of Pelosi, Members of Congress and Advocates Press Conference Today After Touring South Texas Detention Facility
06/25/2014 Congressmen Thompson, Hinojosa, and Vela to Tour McAllen Border Patrol Detention Facility & Sacred Heart Church Refuge Center
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